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Tu Nguyen

Next-generation Computing And Network Systems Quantum Networks Quantum Computing Cybersecurity Distributed Computing And Blockchain Technologies
Kennesaw State University (KSU) Department of Computer Science

About

Tu N. Nguyen is an Associate Professor and director of the Next-generation Computing and Network Systems Laboratory (Next-CNS) in the Department of Computer Science at Kennesaw State University, Georgia, USA. His research and teaching focus on computer and quantum networks, quantum computing, and cybersecurity. His research has been supported by grants from US National Science Foundation, US Department of Energy, IonQ, and SunTrust Banks Inc. He was named in the world's top 2% scientists on Stanford list in 2022. His first academic appointment was at the Purdue University Fort Wayne from 2019 to 2021, where he joined the Department of Computer Science as an assistant professor and founding director of the Network Science, Optimization, and Security Laboratory. In summer 2021, he joined the KSU's Computer Science Department and established the Next-CNS. He was honored to receive several awards including the SunTrust Faculty Fellows (2022), US NSF CRII Award (2021), KSU Summer Faculty Fellows (2022), PFW ETCS Excellence in Research (2021), PFW Chapter Sigma Xi Researcher of the Year (2021), and PFW Student Supervisor of the Year Nominee (2021). Dr. Nguyen has engaged in many professional activities, including serving as Editor/Guest Editor for international journals such as an Associate Editor of IEEE Systems Journal, Associate Editor of Journal of Combinatorial Optimization, Associate Editor of IEEE Access, and Technical Editor of Computer Communication as well as serving as the Guest Editor of many academic journals such as IEEE Transaction on Computational Social Systems, IEEE Journal of Biomedical and Health Informatics, IEEE Internet of Things Magazine, and IEEE Systems, Man, and Cybernetics Magazine, and so on. He is the Editor-in-Chief of the book series: IET Advances in Distributed Computing and Blockchain Technologies. He has been in different Organizing Committees such as being TPC-chairs and general chairs for several IEEE/ACM/Springer flagship conferences. He has also served as a technical program committee (TPC) member for several international conferences including IEEE INFOCOM, IEEE GLOBECOM, IEEE LCN, IEEE RFID, IEEE ICC, IEEE WCNC, and so on. He is a member of ACM and a senior member of IEEE.

Research Performance Summary

106
Total Papers
4834
Total Citations
41
H-Index
2014-2025
Active Research Span

First Recorded Paper

An efficient method for sweep coverage with minimum mobile sensor

Year: 2014

Citations: 53

Venue: 2014 Tenth International Conference on Intelligent Information Hiding and

Latest Recorded Paper

Enhancing Fidelity in NISQ Computers via Crosstalk-Optimized Gate Decomposition

Year: 2025

Citations: 0

Venue: 2025 IEEE International Conference on Quantum Computing and Engineering (QCE

Last 10 Years Publication Activity

This timeline shows the professor's yearly publication activity.

2025
9
2024
12
2023
12
2022
31
2021
12
2020
10
2019
4
2018
3
2017
4
2016
5
2015
3

Publication Venues and Collaboration

Journal, Conference, and Book Publication Breakdown

Conference 40
Journal 43
Book 1

Top Coauthors

Nguyen Liu Pham

Research Impact by Period

2025-2026

Period Stats
Papers 9
Citations 11
Avg. Citations / Paper 1.2
H-Index 1

2020-2024

Period Stats
Papers 77
Citations 3345
Avg. Citations / Paper 43.4
H-Index 33

2015-2019

Period Stats
Papers 19
Citations 1425
Avg. Citations / Paper 75
H-Index 16

2010-2014

Period Stats
Papers 1
Citations 53
Avg. Citations / Paper 53
H-Index 1

Contact and Professional Links

Contact Information

tnguy360@kennesaw.edu

Detected Research Keywords

Wireless Sensor Networks Data Aggregation Wireless Aggregation Wireless Sensor Optimizing Resource Allocation Maximizing Lifetime Data Lifetime Data Aggregation Noma Enabled Backscatter Enabled Backscatter Communications Backscatter Communications Green Communications Green Transportation